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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 15 (TerraViva) – Swallowed up in the crowd in front of the spectacular Guanabara Bay, indigenous leader Apolinario from Brazil‚Äôs Amazon rainforest acted as an impromptu guide on the first day of the People‚Äôs Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Continue Reading

Natural capital accountingThomson Reuters Foundation and the World Bank have jointly produced a video explaining the concept of ‚Äúnatural capital accounting‚ÄĚ in the run-up to the Rio+20 summit on sustainable development. The seven-minute video news release (VNR) was created as part of a World Bank campaign for countries to carry through on promises to include the full [...]

IUCN World Conservation CongressIUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, is a long standing member of COM+. It helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges by supporting scientific research; managing field projects all over the world; and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN, international conventions and companies together to develop policy, [...]

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